"A young couple embrace on a sofa, the woman holds out a rose in her left hand which her infant on the extreme right smells. The elderly husband watches round the door; behind him, on the extreme left, a grinning servant puts his finger to his nose. Under the characters (left to right): 'Hearing.' 'Seeing.' 'Tasting.' 'Feeling.' 'Smelling.'"--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Description:
Title engraved above image., Earlier state of no. 9659 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Each depicted 'sense' named below its manifestation in the image: Hearing. Seeing. Tasting. Feeling. Smelling., Plate numbered '205' in lower left corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Cuckolds -- Toddlers -- Domestic service: Manservant -- Furniture.
Publisher:
Published 1st January 1798 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
